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22 February 2019

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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Five things we learned at ADM Towers this week

Michael Palmer looks back at the week's action on the ADM chart

1
Experimental Jazz Albums Are Like Buses... ...in that you wait around for ages and then two come
along at once! That's a phrase, isn't it? Although I've usually
found that it's all of the albums together that are like buses -
almost all of them arrive at specifically scheduled times, except
the odd one is pushed back until slightly later, but then it still
shows up pretty much bang on the second time you thought it would.
I've derailed myself right from the off this time. What's going on?
Jazz! Yes, Kamasi Washington (part of the band
behind To Pimp A Butterfly - that record just won't go away) and
Jaga Jazzist (perhaps the world's most prominent
Norwegian nine-piece) both charted with albums this week. So if
you're an experimental jazz aficionado, and I'm pretty sure anyone
who really likes experimental jazz is called an "aficionado" no
matter what, then you'll feel like a kid at
Christmas.
See all the Kamasi Washington reviews hereSee all the
Jaga Jazzist reviews here

2
Jamie xx Delivers
Almost exclusively positive reviews for Jamie's debut solo album.
The Quietus break the pattern saying it's "largely void of
personality", but everyone else seems delighted by it. State, Q,
and Consequence of Sound all gave him perfect 10s
taking his 10 tally to an extremely respectable three. Perhaps he
should be called Jamie xxx now. That's a Roman numerals joke. Can't
beat a good Roman numerals joke. Anyway, a BNM from Pitchfork and
more 8s and 9s than you can count takes Jamie's current rating to a
VII.III. Not bad for a side project. By the way, what's your
favourite TV with Hugh Laurie in it? Mine is House 1500.See all the reviews here

3
Mumfords Unseated At The Bottom
One of this week's new entries has relieved poor Mumford and his
kids from their duties as the worst rated current album. God only
knows what those duties are but they definitely can't be pleasant.
There's no way musicians, fancy arty types, can be trusted to clean
up after themselves. Those unfortunate chores are now in the hands
of ol' Fairground singin' Simply Red.Their
eleventh album not impressing our sources. All Music and Uncut
reckon it's worthy of a 7, but Evening Standard, Q, and Mojo think
it's more like a 4 and drag its poor average down to a Chart
Bottoming
5.1.

4
A$AP Rocky's Album Guests Would Have A Strange
PartyShall we reel off the guests on the
newA$AP Rocky album and see if any of
them stand out in any way? Here we go: Lil Wayne, Future, MIA,
James Fauntleroy, Mos Def, Mark Ronson, Miguel, Acyde, Joe Fox,
A$AP Yams, Bones, UGK, Schoolboy Q, Rod Stewart, Juicy J and Kanye
West. Anything catch your eye there? Oh and yes, that did say Rod
Stewart. Rocky knows it's kind of funny, which is why he joked
about the two of them putting out a mixtape together. They're not.
You also get the impression, for some reason, that the 70-year-old
didn't really know what he was getting into. That maybe A$AP Rocky
asked if he could sample one of his songs and Rod didn't really get
it, and then showed up to the studio expecting to have to sing, and
then Rocky would start trying to explain but then stop, and end up
just letting the poor man sing his song? Which isn't really that
fair, being honest. Still, I bet that's what happened though. See all the reviews here

5 The Franz Ferdinand And Sparks Collaboration Charts,
FFS
The Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team-up has caused quite a stir,
not least because of an exciting new precedent in band
collaboration/typing shortcuts. Frustrated but not wanting to type
out the whole expletive-featuring phrase? Listen to Franz Ferdinand
and Sparks collaborate! Going somewhere, but want to point out that
you'll "be right back"? Listen to Born Ruffians & Beyonce
collaborate! "Laughed out loud" and don't know how to express it?
Listen to Leftfield, Outkast and Lemonheads team up! Found some
horrible "weapons of mass destruction" and need to shorten the term
before you tell anyone? Well, better hope Weezer and Mos Def have
made an album together by then! Have two forms of electric current
and want to use them both? Well, AC/DC are a band! See, that one
doesn't really fit in with the rest of them. Doesn't work the same
way. Never mind. Want something as soon as possible? Well, have
Atlas Sound and Atoms for Peace made a record together yet? No?
Well tough, I guess you'll just have to wait. FFS got a 7.4, by the
way..See all the reviews here

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